Man is by nature a political animal.

Once again I come across this phrase, which happens to be a quote by Aristotle, used as a justification for a jaded perception on mankind’s manipulations.

Of course, that is not at all what Aristotle intended.

In fact politics – the art and science of…

As philosophers come, few have such an outstanding pedigree as Aristotle. He was a student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great. He is the father of logic and of metaphysics. Medieval scholars saw no need to name him, and frequently called him simply The Philosopher.

Aristotle was born in 384…